[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,87,8,0,14,11,20,10,21,6,16,14,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,12,10,14,20,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,-140,-127,-147,-158,-407,-407,-601,-602,-588,-584,-573,-551,-844,-778,-863,-875,-685,-514,-1118,-1105,-1056,-894,-1018,-1018,-2106,-1438,-29983,-29984,-29989,-29985,-29999]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. e3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. h3 {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} exd4 9. exd4 h6 10. Nc3 a6 11. a3 Ne7 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 c6 13. Bb2 {½-½ (59) Movsesian,S (2688)-Najer,E (2647) Czechia 2013}) 12... c6 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Ng6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qb4 a5 22. Qd4 Ne5 23. a4 Rc8 24. Bf1 h5 25. Ra3 Bf5 26. f4 Ng6 27. Nb5 Qd7 28. Nc4 {[#] And now Nb6 would win.} Rc5 29. Bg2 (29. Nbxd6 $11 {remains equal.} Rxd5 30. Qa7 Bxh3 31. Nb6 Qxd6 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Bxh3) 29... Bxh3 $17 30. Nbxd6 b6 $1 {White must now prevent ...Bxg2.} 31. Bxh3 $2 (31. Be4 $17 {might work better.}) 31... Qxh3 $19 32. Ne4 (32. Qd3 $142 Rxd5 33. Qf1) 32... Nxe4 33. Qxe4 h4 34. gxh4 Qg4+ 35. Kf2 {intending Rg3.} Nxf4 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Rg3 Nh3+ 38. Kg2 (38. Rxh3 $142 Qxh3 39. Ne3 Qxh4+ 40. Kf3 Qf6+ 41. Ke4) 38... Qxc4 39. Kxh3 Qxd5 {[#] ( -> ...Qh1+). KQR-KQR} 40. Qe2 Qh1+ 41. Kg4 f5+ {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 42. Kh5 Qc6 {[%csl Gg7,Gh7][%cal Rc6h6] Black mates.} 43. Qd2 f4+ 44. Rg5 Qf3# {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,87,12,31,20,16,12,10,16,16,10,14,35,23,36,39,22,14,28,101,104,109,108,118,118,157,152,154,130,202,194,190,187,187,195,194,190,201,183,173,184,214,214,193,159,161,145,303,294,300,248,325,315,322,320,393,415,366,390,410,399,406,408,409,404,416,409,398,405,462,452,546,546,546,546,646,637]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. dxc5 (8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 cxd4 10. Nxc4 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 e5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Nxb4 {½-½ (60) Xiong,J (2651)-Melkumyan,H (2660) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... Bxc5 9. Na3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Qxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (26) Bogner,S (2588)-Melkumyan,H (2664) Batumi 2018}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nxc4 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Ne1 Ba6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rc8.} 13. Bxa8 Qxa8 14. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} Rc8 15. Qd1 Qd5 {[#]} (15... Qe4 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. Rc1 $1 $16 Ne4 {Threatens to win with ...b5.} 17. Nf3 {[%cal Be1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32]} Bxc4 18. bxc4 Qc6 19. Bf4 f6 20. Qd3 Nf8 (20... e5 $16) 21. Be3 $18 e5 22. Nd2 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nc5 24. Nb3 Nb7 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. exf3 Ne6 27. Rfd1 Rc7 28. f4 exf4 29. Nd4 Kf7 $2 (29... Nxd4 $16 {is a better defense.} 30. Rxd4 fxg3) 30. Rb1 fxg3 31. hxg3 Ng5 32. Rxb6 Rd7 33. Rbb1 Kg6 34. Ne2 Rc7 35. Nf4+ Kf7 36. Nd5 Rd7 37. Nb6 Rc7 38. Rd7+ Rxd7 39. Nxd7 {KRN-KNN} Nd8 40. Rb5 Nc6 41. Nb8 {White is clearly winning.} Nd4 42. Rxa5 Ngf3+ 43. Kg2 g5 44. c5 {Precision: White = 96%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,91,10,10,10,15,14,18,11,17,11,27,27,31,18,27,22,25,16,20,12,28,15,17,14,20,6,12,6,14,0,0,0,0,0,20,5,21,16,23,18,71,60,81,79,79,76,83,86,66,58,121,104,100,69,69,69,70,69,70,70,70,70,70,70,114,101,279,276,277,271,279,273,240,202,463,367,351,345,342,266,274,279,391,383]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 (4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 d5 11. Kb1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Rde1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Rxe3 15. Qxe3 Nf6 {½-½ (28) Aronian,L (2780)-Caruana,F (2827) Batumi 2018}) 4... Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 {LiveBook: 14 Partien} 6. Nf4 {[#] zielt auf Sd5 ab. C42: Russische Verteidigung (Petrow)} Nf6 7. d4 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Bf5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8... Nc6 9. c3 g6 10. f3 Bg7 11. h4 h5 {½-½ (43) Motylev,A (2659)-Rakhmanov,A (2627) Yaroslavl 2018}) 9. c3 Nbd7 10. f3 h5 11. h4 d5 12. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bd6 13. Nf1 Nf8 14. Ng3 Bd7 {Und ...Sg6 würde nun gewinnen.} 15. Kf2 Ne6 16. Nd3 g6 17. Ne5 c5 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Rad1 cxd4 20. cxd4 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 21. f4 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc7 23. Bf3 d4 24. Bd2 ({Bitte nicht} 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Bb6 $15) 24... O-O-O (24... Bd8 $11) 25. Rc1 $16 Bxf3 26. Kxf3 Kb8 27. Ne4 Ng7 28. Rhd1 Nf5 29. g3 d3 ({Günstiger ist} 29... Rd5 $14) 30. Bc3 Rhe8 31. Nf2 Bb6 32. Rxd3 Bxf2 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Kxf2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} b6 35. Be1 Rd3 36. Ke2 Re3+ 37. Kd2 Rf3 $2 {[#]} (37... Re4 $16) 38. Rc6 $1 $18 Nxg3 39. Bxg3 Rxg3 {KT-KT} 40. Rf6 Kc8 41. Rxf7 Rg4 $2 (41... a5 42. b3 b5) 42. Ke3 Rxh4 43. Rxa7 Rg4 44. Rh7 Kd8 45. a4 Ke8 (45... Rg1 $142 46. Rh6 Ke7) 46. b4 {Precision: Weiß = 86%, Schwarz = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,122,37,34,33,25,35,33,33,36,49,42,43,33,27,14,35,0,0,-24,-20,-9,-27,-16,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,4,12,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... e5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. f4 exf4 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Bxb3 11. cxb3 Nc6 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qa5 15. Be2 {½-½ (76) Kryvoruchko,Y (2695)-Abdusattorov,N (2558) Batumi 2018}) 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nd7 10. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c3 e6 11. Nf4 Nde5 12. Qd2 b5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. b3 {½-½ (41) Fenil,S (2346)-Brunello,S (2542) Reykjavik 2018}) 10... e6 11. Nc3 $1 b5 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. a3 Ne5 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. f3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nd4 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 20. O-O e5 21. Nde2 Rfd8 22. Ng3 d5 23. Qg5 {[#] And now Nf5+ would win.} Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Qe3 Rd7 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Ne2 f6 32. Nc3 Bf7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Ne4 Bd5 35. Nc3 Bf7 36. Ne4 Bd5 37. Nc5 Qb5 38. b4 cxb3 $1 39. cxb3 a5 40. Qc3 Kf7 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Qc4 43. Qxc4 Bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. g4 Bb5 46. h4 f5 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. f4 Kd6 49. fxe5+ Kxe5 50. Nd3+ Bxd3 51. Kxd3 {KPP-KPP} Kd5 $1 52. h5 Kc6 53. Ke3 Kb5 54. Kf4 Kxb4 55. Kxf5 {[#] Threatening mate with Kg5. KP-KP} Kc5 56. Kg5 {Kh6 would kill now.} Kd6 57. Kh6 Ke7 58. Kxh7 Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Kf6) 59. h6 {[%cal Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Kf8 60. Kg6 {White wants to mate with h7.} Kg8 61. h7+ Kh8 62. Kh6 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,166,12,10,12,19,29,17,18,18,0,0,-30,-25,-30,-16,-19,-22,-30,-18,-35,-13,-21,-22,-46,-54,-65,-66,-71,-67,-59,-59,-75,-51,-70,-79,-71,-79,-79,-79,-79,-68,-77,-74,-87,-65,-76,-72,-75,-67,-79,-75,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-85,-95,-135,-79,-79,0,-141,-108,-85,-76,-82,-34,-97,-63,-59,-46,-75,-42,-35,0,-47,-33,-63,-65,-63,-52,-93,-75,-75,-75,-75,-70,-63,-62,-89,-75,-92,-75,-80,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-79,-63,-91,-88,-94,0,-82,-57,-55,-59,-79,-79,-80,-59,-109,-76,-104,-67,-91,-90,-84,-67,-109,-92,-79,-75,-121,0,0,0,-63,-89,-79,-70,-71,-94,-270,0,0,0,-211,-219,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29973,-29965,-29965,-29991,-29984,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 (4... Qb6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Nd2 e5 7. c3 Bd6 8. Ne2 Qc7 9. h3 O-O 10. Rc1 Re8 11. O-O a6 12. c4 exd4 13. exd4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 {½-½ (69) Jobava,B (2690)-Sjugirov,S (2650) Riadh 2017}) 5. f3 Bh5 6. Ne2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32] D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nbd7 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 7. Nbc3 e5 8. Qd2 {The position is equal.} Bb4 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng3 exd4 11. exd4 Bg6 12. f4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 h6 {½-½ (14) Mellado Trivino,J (2430)-De la Villa Garcia,J (2495) Leon 1997}) 9... Ba5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nf5 O-O {[#] Strongly threatening ...e4!} 12. O-O Bc7 13. g4 Re8 14. Rae1 h6 15. Bh4 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Nf8 17. Na4 Ng6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 {[%cal Bf7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 19. Nc5 g5 20. Bg3 b6 21. Na6 Bd6 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Nb4 Re6 25. c3 c5 26. Nc2 Qe8 27. Qd3 Qa4 28. Re2 Rae8 {[%cal Ba8e8,Be8e7,Be7d7][%mdl 32]} 29. Rfe1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 30. Rd1 R8e7 31. Rde1 Qc6 32. Rf1 a4 33. Rd2 b5 34. Rfd1 Rd7 35. Qf5 Rdd6 36. Kg2 Qe8 ({Black should play} 36... Re7 37. Qd3 Nd7) 37. Qd3 $17 Qc6 (37... Rd8 $142) 38. Qf5 Kf7 39. Kg1 Qe8 40. Qd3 Qb8 41. Qf5 (41. Qf1 $15) 41... g6 42. Qd3 Rd7 43. Qf1 Qb7 44. Qf2 Rde7 45. Qg3 Kg7 46. Qf2 Rf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 47. Qg3 Kh7 48. Qg2 Qe7 49. Qe2 Qe8 50. Qg2 Qf8 51. Qe2 Qb8 52. Qg2 Kg7 53. Kh1 Qe8 54. Kg1 Re5 55. Qg3 Qe6 56. h3 Qe8 57. Qg2 Re6 58. Qg3 Qc6 59. Kg2 Qe8 60. Kg1 $1 Kh7 61. Qg2 Qb8 62. Kh1 Kg7 63. Kg1 Qc7 64. Kh1 Qb7 65. Kg1 Qa8 66. Kh1 Qc6 67. Kg1 Nd7 68. Rxd5 Nb6 69. Rd8 Nc4 70. e4 Ne5 ({Don't do} 70... Nxb2 71. R1d5 $15) (70... Ref6 $17 71. Rf1 Rd6) 71. Ne1 $11 Ref6 {[%cal Re5f3]} 72. Rb8 (72. Qe2 $11) 72... Nxf3+ $15 73. Nxf3 Rxf3 74. Rdd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8g8] Rg8+ is the strong threat.} Qxe4 75. Rg8+ $2 (75. Re8 $17 Rf1+ 76. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 77. Kxf1 Qh1+ 78. Kf2) 75... Kh7 76. Rh8+ Kg7 {( -> ...Qe3+)} 77. Rhg8+ $1 Kf6 {aiming for ...h5.} 78. Rb6+ $2 {[#]} (78. Rbe8 $19 Qf4 79. Re1) 78... Ke7 {Black mates.} 79. Rb7+ Qxb7 80. Qe2+ Kf6 81. Qc2 Qd5 82. Rxg6+ Ke7 83. Qe2+ Kf8 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,65,16,18,18,16,8,1,15,18,12,11,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,7,5,0,11,11,21,20,20,0,4,4,24,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Spanische Partie (Berliner Verteidigung)} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Nd2 d5 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Partien} 15. a4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15. Nf3 Nd6 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 Qe7 {½-½ (18) Becerra Rivero,J (2546)-So,W (2762) Las Vegas 2014}) 15... Nd6 16. a5 Bf5 17. Nf3 a6 18. Ne5 Bg5 19. Qe3 h6 20. Nf3 {[%cal Rf3g5]} Bxf4 21. Qxf4 f6 22. Nd2 Qe7 23. c4 Qe6 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 24. c5 Nf7 25. Ra3 Qd7 26. Re3 Kf8 27. h4 g5 28. Qf3 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Be2 Qe6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Nf1 Qe4 33. Qe3 {Precision: Weiß = 35%, Schwarz = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,103,14,4,9,11,20,0,0,0,0,-12,13,16,23,7,15,14,34,41,40,-50,17,0,4,-33,18,0,0,-36,-36,-36,2,-22,53,-2,-7,-42,102,-98,-96,-108,-95,-99,16,19,10,-50,175,0,0,0,0,-112,10,7,0,27,94,112,59,55,331,297,424,419,404,407,479,464,474,466,642,1602,1627,1532,1699,1597,1462,744,1876,1811,1763,1637,29967,29967,29969,29970,29970,29971,29973,29975,29980,29979]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Ne2 {A28: Englische Eröffnung (Vierspringer-Variante)} a5 7. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Bc5 8. d4 $146 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} ({Vorgänger:} 8. b3 O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bb2 Ba7 11. Be2 h6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bc3 Ne7 {1-0 (63) Karjakin,S (2760)-Vidit,S (2715) Riadh 2017}) 8... Ba7 9. d5 Ne7 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Bd3 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Ng6 14. b4 Bg4 15. Nd2 d5 16. h3 (16. Nb3 $14) 16... Be6 (16... e4 $1 $15 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Ne5) 17. Bb2 Bb8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 ({Besser ist} 18... e4 $15 19. Be2 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qb8) 19. Bf1 h5 20. Be2 h4 21. Ngf1 Rc8 22. Bc3 Rd8 (22... Nh7 $11) 23. Nb3 ({Ein No Go ist} 23. bxa5 d4 $11) ({Lieber} 23. cxd5 $1 $14 cxd5 24. bxa5) 23... Ne4 $11 24. Be1 Bf5 (24... axb4 $15 {behält die Oberhand.} 25. Bxb4 Qg5) 25. Qb2 $2 (25. cxd5 $16 cxd5 26. Nxa5) 25... Ng5 $17 26. Nxa5 Nxh3+ 27. Kh1 Rxa5 (27... Rd6 $17 28. gxh3 Bxh3) 28. bxa5 $11 {Und weiter mit cxd5 wäre nett.} Ng5 29. f3 (29. cxd5 $11 cxd5 30. f3) 29... Qf6 $2 (29... d4 $1 $15 {bleibt weiter vorne.}) 30. Nh2 $2 (30. cxd5 $18 cxd5 31. Qb6) 30... Ba7 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. e4 (32. Qb3 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 32... dxe4 (32... Rb8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb8b2]} 33. Qxb8+ Bxb8 34. exf5 Nf4) 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Rd1 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd1d8][%mdl 2048] Weiss hat Druck.} Qf6 (34... Qf8 $1 $11) 35. Qb7 $16 Be3 36. a6 {Droht stark Ld2.} h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Kh7 $1 $14) 37. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4f5]} exf3 (37... Be6 $142 38. Bd2 (38. fxe4 Qf4 $14) (38. a7 Bxa7 39. Qxa7 exf3 $18) 38... Bc5) 38. Bxf3 ({Und nicht} 38. gxf5 fxe2 39. Rd3 Bb6 $11) 38... Bc2 {[#]} 39. Qc8+ $1 ({Schwächer ist} 39. a7 Bxa7 40. Qc8+ Nf8 $11) 39... Kh7 40. Qxc2 Nxf3 {[#]} 41. Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f6]} e4 42. Qxf6 gxf6 43. Nxf3 exf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KLS} 44. Bg3 Ne5 45. Rf1 Nxg4 46. Rxf3 Ba7 47. Rb3 Kg6 48. Rb7 {Weiß setzt Matt.} Be3 49. a7 Bxa7 50. Rxa7 f5 51. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} f6 52. a5 {Precision: Weiß = 51%, Schwarz = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,145,19,0,33,18,49,26,41,27,27,45,46,28,111,91,176,137,160,168,164,135,120,95,143,149,143,145,198,200,190,196,262,270,460,443,510,510,509,504,576,443,437,374,374,374,374,371,371,365,293,293,285,155,967,827,4534,4534,2959,2860,1729,1893,2150,1230,1179,740,693,693,662,432,1616,1609,1573,1464,1561,1479,1430,1451,1931,1619,1773,1631,1134,911,29970,618,29956,29958,1557,29962,29968,29969,29967,29968,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29972,29971,29971,29974,29975,29975,29976,29973,29973,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29986,29985]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 {D16: Slav Defence: 5 a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6} 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 (11... Nb4 12. Ne5 b6 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Qg3 Bb7 15. Bh6 {0-1 (41) Bosiocic,M (2600)-Yu,Y (2765) Batumi 2018}) 12. Bd3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Bf6 13. h4 {[#]} (13. Qe4 {keeps more tension.} g6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bc4) 13... Re8 $146 14. Bb1 g6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd7 (17... e5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Qe3 Rc8 (18... e5 $16 {might work better.}) 19. Nd2 $18 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32]} Ne7 20. Ne4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Nd5 21. Qd2 Kg7 22. Nd6 {Hoping for c4.} Bxa4 23. Nxe8+ Bxe8 24. Rc1 Bb5 (24... a5 $16 25. c4 Nb4) 25. Rxa7 Ba6 26. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Ne7 (26... Qc7 $142 27. Bd3 Nf4) 27. Qb2 $1 {aiming for Be4.} Kg8 $2 {[#]} (27... Bxc4 {was worth a try.} 28. d5+ (28. Rxb7 Bd5 $18) 28... Kg8 29. Rxb7 (29. Qxb7 Bxd5 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 $18) 29... Bxd5) 28. Be4 $1 Nc6 29. Bxc6 $1 Rxc6 30. d5 Rd6 31. Qf6 {And now c5 would win.} exd5 32. Ra8 Qxa8 33. Qxd6 Bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 34. Re1 Bb5 35. Qxd5 Bc6 36. Qe5 Qd8 37. Kh2 ({White should play} 37. f3 $18) 37... h6 $2 (37... Qd5 $16 38. Qxd5 Bxd5) 38. gxh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re5g7]} Qh4+ 39. Kg1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re5g7]} Qxh6 {[#]} 40. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Kh7 41. Rd3 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 g5 43. Rg3 Qf4 44. Qxg5 Qxg5 45. Rxg5 {KR-KB} f6 (45... Kh6 $142 46. Rg8 Kh7) 46. Rc5 Kg6 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. f3 Ke6 49. Kf4 Kd6 50. Rc1 Bd7 51. Rd1+ Ke6 52. g4 b5 53. Rd4 (53. g5 $142 fxg5+ 54. Kxg5 Bc6 55. f4 Kf7 56. f5 Be4 57. Rd7+ Ke8 58. Rd4) 53... Bc6 54. Ke3 Bd5 55. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Bc4 {White mates.} 56. Rd8 Ke7 57. Rb8 Be6 58. f5 Bc4 59. Rb6 Bf1 60. Kf4 Bc4 61. Kg3 Kf7 62. Rb7+ Ke8 63. Kh4 Kd8 64. Kh5 Kc8 65. Re7 b4 66. Re4 Bf7+ 67. Kh6 b3 68. Kg7 Bd5 69. Rb4 Kd7 70. Kxf6 Kd6 71. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Kc5 72. Rb8 Bc4 73. g6 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,54,16,35,32,32,33,38,36,35,43,66,30,50,36,54,35,42,42,47,25,49,25,36,-23,141,125,122,20,14,13,115,29,38,38,26,32,85,88,85,77,69,-235,-240,-240,-235,-220,-233]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (4... Qxd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Bxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. O-O-O+ Kc6 {1-0 (35) Giri,A (2780)-Debashis,D (2548) Douglas 2018}) 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Bg7 7. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. O-O e6 8. d4 Ne7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Kh1 Qb6 {0-1 (64) Mucha,P (2168)-Siwiec,A (2206) Katowice 2018}) 7... e6 8. Nb5 {White is slightly better.} Qb8 9. Qd3 Ke7 10. O-O a6 11. Nc3 b5 12. Qe2 b4 13. Nd1 Ngf6 14. c4 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Re8 16. e5 (16. Rb1 $14) 16... dxe5 $2 (16... Nd5 $11) 17. fxe5 $16 Ng4 {[%cal Rg4e5]} 18. d4 (18. Ng5 $16 Nh6 19. d4) 18... cxd4 $1 $11 19. Ng5 $1 (19. Nxd4 Ngxe5 20. Bf4 Kf8 $15) 19... Nh6 {[#]} (19... dxc3 $2 20. Rxf7+ Kd8 21. Qxg4 $18) (19... Ndxe5 $11 20. Rxf7+ Kd8 21. Rxg7 d3) 20. Nxh7 (20. Nxe6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe6 21. Qc4+ Ke7 22. Bxh6 Bxh6 23. Rxf7+ Kd8 24. e6 (24. Qxd4 Qa7 $17)) 20... Rh8 $1 {[%cal Rh8h7]} ({Reject} 20... Qxe5 $6 21. Bg5+ f6 22. Nxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 21. Nd5+ $1 exd5 22. Bg5+ Ke6 (22... Ke8 $14 23. e6 Ne5 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. e7+ Kxe7) 23. Bxh6 $1 $16 {aiming for Qg4+.} Rxh7 ({Don't blunder} 23... Bxh6 $2 24. Qg4+ Ke7 25. Qh4+ Ke6 26. Qxh6 $18) 24. Qg4+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Bxg7 $14 {is the one way to stay ahead.} Rxg7 26. Qh4+ g5 27. Qh6) 25... Ke8 $19 {Black is clearly better.} 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27. Rae1 {[#]} Rh7 $1 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,60,0,0,20,11,11,11,27,0,6,2,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6]} 1. Nf3 {Mekhitarian,K} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 a5 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. d4 Bf5 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qd6 $146 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc6 13. Qd2 a4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. b4 Bc8 16. e4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bb5 19. Rac1 e6 20. a3 {1-0 (46) Kramnik,V (2801)-Giri,A (2798) Zuerich 2016 CBM 171 [Mekhitarian,K]}) 13. Qd2 a4 14. e3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 {The position is equal.} 16. Bb4 Qd7 17. Rac1 axb3 18. axb3 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 e6 21. Bf1 h5 22. h4 Rxc1 (22... Rc6 {looks sharper.} 23. Rc5 b6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Bd3 Bg4) 23. Qxc1 Qc6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 25. Ba6 Bc2 26. Bb7 Bxb3 27. Bxc6 Bf6 28. Bc5 Bd8 29. Bb4 Bd1 30. f4 Kg7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,108,6,16,9,22,2,15,0,14,-12,20,11,15,17,12,-13,-8,-9,-9,-11,-10,-12,-24,-14,-20,-47,-27,-59,-14,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-26,-18,-21,-125,-120,-352,-357,-351,-344,-370,-328,-338,-344,-369,-337,-644,-502,-545,-540,-533,-500,-496,-379,-389,-366,-429,-269,-362,-261,-352,-237,-357,-348,-337,-345,-358,-328,-454,-453,-474,-466,-420,-433,-534,-534,-4710,-4698,-2208,-920,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. c4 f5 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 d6 4. d4 e4 (4... Qe7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. Nf3 e4 9. Ng5 c6 10. Be2 Na6 11. Qd2 f4 12. d5 fxe3 13. fxe3 cxd5 {½-½ (33) Eljanov,P (2713)-Sundararajan,K (2427) Reykjavik 2018}) 5. d5 Nf6 6. e3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nge2 {The position is equal.} Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nbd7 9. Nf4 Ne5 10. Nb5 g5 11. Nh3 Nfd7 12. b4 Ng6 13. Nd4 {0-1 (43) Prudhvi,K (1707)-Nguyen,T (2132) Philadelphia 2017}) 9. Nd4 Bh4 10. g3 {Hoping for h3.} Bf6 11. Be2 Ne5 12. a3 a5 13. O-O Qe7 14. b4 Na6 15. Qb3 $1 Kh8 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Kg2 Rab8 18. Rd2 Qf7 19. Rfd1 Rbe8 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Nd5 Nf3 23. Bxf3 exf3+ 24. Kxf3 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 {[#]} (25. Qxb2 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qe4+ 26. Ke2) 25... f4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White is under strong pressure.} 26. gxf4 $2 (26. Nxf4 $17 g5 27. Qc3+ Kg8 28. Kg2 gxf4 29. exf4) 26... c6 $19 27. Nc3 {[#]} Rxf4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Ke2 (28. Kxf4 {leads to mate.} Rf8+ 29. Kg3 Qg6+ 30. Kh4 Rf5 31. Rd5 Qg5+ 32. Kh3 Rf3#) (28. exf4 Qh3#) 28... Qg4+ 29. Kd3 {[#]} axb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. axb4 Qf5+ 31. e4 $2 (31. Kd2 Rxf2+ 32. Kc1 Rxe3 33. Rxf2 Qxf2 34. Rxd6) 31... Qh3+ 32. Kc2 Rxf2+ 33. Kb1 Rf3 34. Rc2 Qe6 35. Rcd2 Qe5 36. Kb2 Rf6 37. Qa3 Rh6 ({Not} 37... Rf3 38. Rxd6 h6 39. R6d3 $19) 38. Qa5 {intending Qxe5.} Rxh2 {aiming for ...c5.} 39. Rxh2 (39. Qxe5 {was the only chance.} Rxd2+ 40. Rxd2 dxe5 41. b5) 39... Qxh2+ 40. Kb3 c5 41. Qa2 Qxa2+ 42. Nxa2 cxb4 43. Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc5+ 44. Kxb4 Nxe4 45. Rd7 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 46. Nc3 Nxc3 47. Kxc3 {KR-KR} g4 48. Rxb7 g3 {Black mates.} 49. Rb1 g2 50. c5 Rg8 51. Rg1 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 52. c6 h4 53. c7 h3 54. Kd3 Rc8 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,95,37,26,39,22,27,20,27,21,16,30,28,16,25,16,28,22,32,21,38,10,36,32,37,49,48,41,39,27,52,58,98,93,122,96,96,95,91,86,113,112,127,127,136,104,102,95,100,87,161,160,146,110,110,110,110,110,110,110,110,110,110,101,98,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bg7 (5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Qb1 Qd5 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Qb4 c5 12. Qb5+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 Bc6 14. Qb3 e6 15. c4 Qd7 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. O-O {½-½ (124) Wei,Y (2743)-Svidler,P (2768) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6. cxd5 {D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White 4th moves and 4 Bg5} Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 Qa5 9. Qd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Rb1 a6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O {1-0 (38) Ravi,L (2408)-Ganguly,S (2573) Pune 2006}) 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Qd3 e6 15. a4 c6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Nc1 Qh5 19. Bg3 e5 20. Nb3 Qg4 21. Rab1 Rc7 22. a5 h6 23. c4 c5 24. h3 Qe6 25. axb6 axb6 26. d5 Qd6 27. Nd2 f5 28. Ra1 Kh7 29. Ra6 Qf8 30. Bh2 Ra8 31. Rda1 Rxa6 32. Rxa6 Qc8 (32... Qb8 $16) 33. Qa3 $1 $18 Rb7 34. Qa4 b5 35. cxb5 {Threatens to win with Nc4.} Nb6 {[#]} 36. Rxb6 $1 Rxb6 37. Nc4 $1 {[%csl LRb6,LRe5]} Rb8 {...Qe8 is the strong threat.} 38. Bxe5 Bxe5 39. Nxe5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qb7 {[#]} 40. b6 (40. d6 $1 $16 Qxb5 41. Qa3) 40... Qxd5 $11 {The position is equal.} 41. Nd7 {Hoping for Nf6+.} Ra8 42. Qb5 $1 {aiming for Nf6+.} (42. Nf6+ $2 Kg7 $19) 42... Ra1+ (42... Qd6 $5 43. f4 $8 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Ra1 45. Nf8+ Kg7 46. Qxc5 Qg1+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Kf3 Qf1+ 49. Kg3 Qe1+ 50. Kh2 Qg1+ 51. Kg3 Qe1+ $11) 43. Kh2 {White wants to mate with Nf6+.} Qd6+ 44. f4 Qd1 45. Nf6+ Kg7 {[#] ( -> ...Qg1+)} 46. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Intending Qd7+ and mate.} Qg1+ (46... Qxd5 47. Qb2+) 47. Kg3 {Qd7+ would kill now.} Qe1+ 48. Kh2 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,93,14,16,25,22,19,19,17,17,20,0,0,0,16,13,12,14,18,12,20,12,18,14,10,18,10,11,10,2,10,10,10,10,12,10,10,11,36,18,41,4,4,4,7,0,0,2,10,6,10,0,14,0,0,0,6,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32] C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 {LiveBook: 102 Games} d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Be6.} 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 {[#]} 17. g3 $146 Qf6 18. c3 Nd6 19. Qh5 Nf7 20. Be3 Bb6 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Qe2 Nd6 23. Qe7 Kg8 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. c4 dxc4 26. dxc4 Kf8 27. Re3 Rc7 28. Rd1 g6 29. Rb3 Nc8 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rbd3 (31. f3 {seems wilder.} Re6 32. h3 Kf6 33. g4 c5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. f4) 31... Rf8 32. f4 Rxd8 {The position is equal.} 33. Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf6 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Re8+ Ne7 36. Rh8 h5 37. Ra8 Rc8 38. Ra7 Rc7 39. Ke3 Nc8 40. Ra8 Re7 41. Bd3 Kd7+ 42. Kf2 Kc7 43. h4 Rd7 44. Ke3 Re7+ 45. Kd2 Rd7 46. Ke3 Re7+ 47. Kd2 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,91,22,9,16,19,10,11,14,14,16,15,22,15,22,14,10,8,8,10,9,8,34,38,33,6,12,0,0,0,60,64,44,2,27,21,21,25,26,21,21,23,34,34,22,21,17,10,12,5,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 Nd7 6. Bd3 {B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines} Bxd3 7. Nxd3 e6 8. Nf3 Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} c5 11. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. Qe2 {½-½ (35) Zvjaginsev,V (2656)-Belov,V (2625) Irkutsk 2010}) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Qb2 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. h3 a6 20. Ne5 Rd6 21. Qe2 Nd7 22. Nf3 {[%cal Be5f3,Bf3h4,Bh4f5,Bf5e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} (22. b4 {is more complex.} b6 23. Bc3 Nf8 24. b5 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Bf6 27. Nc6) 22... f6 23. Bc3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxd6.} e5 (23... Nc5 $11 24. Rxd6 Rxd6) 24. Rxd6 $14 Bxd6 25. Nh4 Nc5 26. Nf5 {Threatens to win with Qd2.} Bf8 27. Ne3 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Ne6 29. Nd5 Qc6 30. Qg4 {[#] And now Nxf6+ would win.} Kf7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qf5 b5 33. Qe4 Qd7 34. Bb4 Bxb4 {The position is equal.} 35. Nxb4 a5 36. Nd5 Nd4 37. Nb6 Qd8 38. c5 Qc7 39. Qd5+ Kf8 40. a3 Qc6 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Nc8 Qxc5 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kf8 46. Qd8+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,80,39,28,44,36,44,40,77,31,31,18,15,13,20,13,17,9,21,19,13,29,25,11,39,8,12,14,30,4,4,6,6,6,2,2,4,5,12,11,10,7,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 Nd6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (8... Bf5 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c3 Qd7 13. Re2 a6 14. Bg5 Bd6 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. f4 g6 20. Rd1 {½-½ (42) Li,C (2725)-Bu,X (2718) Ningbo 2018}) 9. c3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Re1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qd7 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfe8 15. Rad1 Bd6 16. Qxd5 {0-1 (76) Da Maia,V (2404)-Farias,S (2400) ICCF email 2006}) 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Re2 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Rxe2 18. Rxe2 g6 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 b6 21. Qb5 a5 22. g3 Kg7 23. Kg2 Rd8 24. h4 h5 25. Qe2 Rd7 {The position is equal.} 26. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5h3,Bh3f4][%mdl 32]} Re7 27. Qf3 f6 28. Nh3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 {White wants to play Qe8.} Ne7 30. Nf4 Kf7 31. a4 Qd7 32. b3 c6 33. Qd3 (33. Qe2 {feels hotter.} Qf5 34. f3 Qb1 35. g4 hxg4 36. fxg4 Qxb3 37. h5) 33... Qf5 34. Qxf5 Nxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 35. Kf3 Ng7 36. b4 Nf5 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Nd3 Nd6 39. Nc5 Nc4 40. Nb7 Nb6 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,127,22,11,24,25,24,21,30,30,29,32,32,34,52,52,56,59,65,0,52,46,44,58,79,40,96,81,67,63,156,149,147,154,161,163,153,75,91,89,74,82,74,83,81,86,82,80,74,71,74,75,85,82,77,78,91,92,60,46,46,8,8,8,8,8,9,9,100,26,18,23,31,40,34,42,40,25,35,22,47,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,7,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,8,8,8,8,8,8,40,0,0,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 {LiveBook: 22 Games} Ba7 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. Ng3 c6 {[#]} 16. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. d4) 16... Qc7 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. c4 Nd7 19. Nf5 Ne7 20. Ng3 (20. Nxe7+ $14 Rxe7 21. Nh4) 20... Rg6 (20... Ng6 $11) 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 a5 23. b5 Nc5 (23... Rf6 $14) 24. d4 $1 $16 exd4 25. Nxd4 Nd7 ({Black should play} 25... Rd8 $14) 26. Ndf5 Re8 27. Qc3 cxb5 28. Rxb5 ({Resist} 28. cxb5 $6 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 Nxf5 $16) 28... Nc5 29. Nxg7 (29. Nh5 $142 Nxf5 30. exf5 Rxe3 31. Qxe3) 29... Rxg7 30. Nh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rc3g7]} Rg6 31. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g6] Rxg6+ would kill now.} Ne6 32. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Rxg3 33. Qxg3+ Kf8 {[#]} 34. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Ng5 {[#]} 35. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Qxc4 36. hxg5 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qxg5 38. Qxg5 hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 39. Nf6 Rc8 40. Rxb7 Nc6 $1 41. Nh7+ Kg7 $1 42. Nxg5 Ne5 43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Nc7 Nd3 (44... Rg8 $11 {remains equal.}) 45. Kg3 (45. Nd5+ $16 Ke5 46. Re7+ (46. Rxf7 Kxe4 47. Ne7 Rc2 $14) 46... Kd4 47. Nf6 (47. Rxf7 Kxe4 48. Ne7 Rc2 $14)) 45... Ke5 $11 46. Nb5 {Threatens to win with Re7+.} Rg8+ 47. Kf3 Ne1+ 48. Ke2 Nxg2 49. Re7+ Kf6 50. Rd7 Ke5 51. Nxd6 (51. Rxf7 $5 {[%cal Rf7e7]} Kxe4 52. Nxd6+ Kd5 53. Nb7 $16) 51... f6 52. Kd3 Nf4+ $1 53. Kc4 Rb8 54. Nb7 {And now Re7+ would win.} Kxe4 55. Nxa5 Rc8+ 56. Kb5 {Black must now prevent Nc6.} Nd5 57. Nb7 Nc3+ 58. Kb4 {Strongly threatening Nd6+.} Nd5+ 59. Kb3 Rc3+ 60. Kb2 {Hoping for Rxd5!} Rc7 61. Nd6+ Ke5 62. Rd8 Nb6 63. Kb3 (63. a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Nd7 64. Nc8 $14) 63... Ra7 64. Nb5 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,95,27,34,30,24,34,34,18,19,20,20,28,22,18,12,11,11,11,13,18,16,-6,-8,-6,0,0,0,-2,0,-13,10,13,14,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. a3 Rfe8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 {½-½ (46) Giri,A (2772)-Motylev,A (2675) Tbilisi 2017}) 12... Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 Rfe8 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. f3 Bc6 17. a3 {The position is equal.} h6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf8 21. Bf4 g5 {[#] Hoping for ...Rxe4.} 22. Bg3 f5 23. Ree1 Kf7 24. Kc1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 27. Kd2 Kd7 28. Be1 h5 29. h3 Bg7 30. b3 Ke6 31. Kd3 Bf6 32. a4 Bd8 33. g4 hxg4 34. fxg4 fxg4 35. hxg4 a5 36. Ke4 b6 37. Bc3 Be7 38. Bg7 Bd8 39. Bb2 Be7 40. Bc1 Bd8 41. Be3 Be7 42. Bd2 Bd8 43. c3 Be7 44. b4 Bd8 45. Be1 Be7 46. Bf2 Bf6 47. Be1 Be7 48. b5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,190,18,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,1,0,0,0,-14,-3,16,18,34,13,7,0,14,-1,-3,-7,12,0,15,7,14,11,18,-47,0,0,0,0,11,0,2,12,17,20,22,24,16,0,13,0,63,62,66,59,61,70,44,44,52,37,40,0,37,31,22,0,78,6,70,70,97,46,43,59,60,60,66,66,66,66,70,43,43,43,43,43,77,70,70,70,85,85,85,85,102,102,102,78,78,78,78,78,102,78,158,158,159,78,78,78,78,78,78,10,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,10,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,10,78,10,25,32,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,0,78,8,8,0,78]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Ne4 8. Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 12. f3 f5 {Hoping for ...Qh4.} 13. Qd1 Nc5 14. Kf2 Qh4+ (14... d6) 15. g3 $146 Qe7 16. Nb5 d6 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. b3 a5 20. Nf4 Bd7 21. Bb2 Rfe8 22. Bc3 Ne5 23. Qd4 (23. Qc2 $11) 23... Bc6 24. Rhf1 Ne6 25. Qd1 a4 26. h4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 27. Qd2 Rab8 28. Rac1 axb3 29. axb3 b5 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. Rfd1 h6 ({Black should try} 31... b4 $11 32. Bxe5 Rxe5) 32. Bd4 $14 bxc4 33. Bxe5 $1 Rxe5 34. Bxc4 d5 35. Bf1 Bb5 36. Qd4 Re7 37. Bd3 Bxd3 38. Rxd3 Qe6 39. Rdc3 Kh7 (39... f4 $11) 40. b4 (40. Rc6 $16 Qf7 41. b4) 40... Qd6 (40... f4 $11) 41. Rc5 $1 Ra8 42. R1c2 ({Much weaker is} 42. Qxd5 $6 Qxd5 43. Rxd5 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 Rxe3 $11) (42. b5 $16) 42... Ra3 $1 43. Re2 c6 44. b5 cxb5 45. Rxd5 Qc6 46. Rc5 Qe6 47. Qf4 Rf7 48. Rxb5 Ra1 {...Qc6 is the strong threat.} 49. Qe5 Qc4 50. Qxa1 (50. Rc5 {with more complications.} Qa6 51. Rcc2 Rf6 52. Kg2 Ra5 53. Qd4) 50... Qxb5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 51. Qb2 Rb7 52. Qxb5 Rxb5 {KR-KR} 53. h5 g6 54. hxg6+ Kxg6 55. Rd2 Kg5 56. Kg2 Rb3 57. Re2 $1 Ra3 58. Kh3 h5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 58... Kg6) 59. f4+ $1 Kg6 60. Kg2 (60. e4 $142) 60... Ra1 61. Rb2 Re1 62. Rb6+ Kg7 63. Re6 (63. Rb3 $16) 63... Ra1 (63... Re2+ $1 $11 64. Kf3 Rc2) 64. Rd6 Rb1 65. Rd2 Kg6 66. Kf3 Rf1+ {[#]} 67. Ke2 (67. Rf2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf2f1]} Rd1 68. Ra2) 67... Rg1 (67... Rh1 $1 $11) 68. Rd8 Kg7 69. Rd5 Kg6 70. Kf2 Ra1 71. Rb5 Rc1 72. Ra5 Rb1 73. Ra6+ Kg7 74. Re6 (74. Ra2 $16) 74... Ra1 (74... Rb2+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 75. Kf3 Rb3) 75. Kg2 (75. Rb6 $16) 75... Re1 76. Re8 Ra1 77. e4 fxe4 78. Rxe4 Kg6 79. Re5 Rb1 80. Kf3 Rb3+ 81. Re3 Rb4 82. Ra3 Rc4 83. Ra6+ Kg7 84. Ra1 Kg6 85. Re1 Ra4 86. Re6+ Kg7 87. Rd6 Ra3+ 88. Kg2 Ra1 89. Rb6 Rc1 90. Rb8 Ra1 91. Rb3 Kg6 92. Kf3 Ra4 93. Re3 Rb4 $1 94. Re8 ({Better is} 94. Re6+ $16 Kg7 95. Rd6) 94... Rb3+ $1 $11 95. Re3 (95. Ke4 $11) 95... Rb4 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,118,0,0,24,19,18,20,16,-12,-16,-8,-5,0,-6,-8,-5,-13,-17,-14,0,-10,-18,-10,-10,-15,-26,-24,-16,-20,-16,-24,-15,-18,-16,-27,-41,-43,-29,-89,-89,-76,-70,-70,-73,-155,-150,-174,-154,-167,-132,-143,0,-147,-154,-156,-169,-183,-184,-205,-183,-212,-200,-212,-189,-197,-150,-388,-385,-416,-412,-419,-405,-370,-381,-591,-573,-649,-622,-668,-658,-615,-611,-1140,-1055,-961,-910,-900,-891,-29980,-29981,-29977,-29979,-29984,-29985,-29987,-29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rfd1 Rac8 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. g3 {[#] LiveBook: 9 Games} Ba3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf1 Nf8 16. Bg2 Ne6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qe2 d4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Bxg2 21. d5 Bh3 {½-½ (21) Buhmann,R (2578)-Miton,K (2624) Haguenau 2013}) 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. Qb2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bf3 dxc4 21. bxc4 Qc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nd1 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. fxe5 Nd7 26. e6 Ne5 27. Be4 Bc8 28. e7 Re8 29. c5 b5 30. Nc3 Bg4 31. Rb1 (31. a4 $11 {remains equal.} b4 32. Nb1) 31... Rxe7 $17 32. a4 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rb4 (34. Ra1 $142) 34... Ra7 35. Bc2 Ra1+ 36. Rb1 Ra3 37. Rb3 Ra1+ 38. Rb1 Nf3+ 39. Kf2 Rxb1 40. Bxb1 {Hoping for h3!} Nxh2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 41. Na2 Nf3 42. Nb4 Ne5 43. Be4 Bd7 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Kf2 $2 (45. Kd2 $17) 45... h5 $19 46. Ke2 Kf6 47. Ke1 Kg5 48. Kf2 Kg4 49. Bg2 (49. Bd3 $142) 49... g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 50. Bf1 h4 51. gxh4 Kxh4 52. Bg2 g4 53. Na6 g3+ 54. Kg1 Bg4 55. Nb4 {[#]} Bf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3g2]} ({Less strong is} 55... Bd7 56. Be4 $17) 56. Bxf3 Nxf3+ {Black mates.} 57. Kg2 Ne1+ 58. Kg1 Kh3 59. Nxc6 Nf3+ {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,113,48,50,43,32,32,41,47,-22,-18,-27,10,-75,17,-37,46,39,45,81,54,18,35,6,0,12,64,56,71,77,73,76,124,121,139,134,181,127,132,141,129,143,385,379,398,399,404,411,407,395,395,390,466,466,475,466,662,652,559,614,627,591,641,620,621,559,778,745,677,587,1329,1320,1125,1166,1339,1339,1339,1339,1339,1339,1330,1280,2043,1897,1369,1237,12834,12832,12835,12835,12841,12841,12841,12841]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8. Nc3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Bc6 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 (10. Qc2 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nbd7 15. Bg5 {½-½ (15) Svidler,P (2765)-Karjakin,S (2760) Riadh 2017}) 10... Nbd7 11. e4 e5 12. d3 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Be7 13. Nh4 O-O 14. Nf5 Re8 {[#]} 15. f4 $146 (15. Qf3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 15. Bg5 Nf8 {1-0 (41) Benidze,D (2508)-Bashirli,N (2375) Baku 2017}) 15... Bf8 $11 16. a4 b6 17. b3 (17. Ne3 $11 {remains equal.}) 17... Nb8 ({Black should try} 17... g6 $17 18. Ne3 exf4 19. gxf4 Nh5) 18. Bb2 (18. fxe5 $11 Nfd7 19. Nd6) 18... Bb7 (18... exf4 $15 19. gxf4 g6) 19. fxe5 $14 Rxe5 20. Nb5 Nc6 21. Qd2 a6 22. Qg5 g6 $1 23. Na3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} ({Of course not} 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Na3 Nxd3 $17) 23... Nd4 (23... Re6 $11) 24. Nc4 Re6 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bh3 h6 27. Qf4 Nh5 28. Qd2 Re8 29. Rf1 ({White should play} 29. a5 $18) 29... b5 $16 30. axb5 axb5 {[#] And now ...Rxa1 would win.} 31. Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b7]} Bc8 $2 (31... Qe7 $16 {was necessary.} 32. Nxb7 (32. Bxd4 Bg7 $16) 32... Rxa1 33. Bxa1 (33. Rxa1 Qxb7 34. Bxd4 Bg7 $16) 33... Qxb7 34. Bxd4 Bg7) 32. Nc6 $1 $18 {[%csl LRa8,LRd4,LRd8]} Rxa1 33. Nxd8 Rxf1+ 34. Bxf1 Rxd8 35. Qa5 Be7 36. Qxb5 Ng7 37. Qb6 {White is clearly winning.} Ne6 38. Bh3 Rd6 (38... Nc5 $142 39. Qc7 Bxh3) 39. Qa7 Rd7 40. Qb8 Rd8 41. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Bg5 42. Qb6 Nc5 43. Bxc8 Nxd3 44. Bxd4 Rxc8 45. b5 Be7 46. Qb7 Rc1+ 47. Kg2 Rc2+ 48. Kf1 Bf8 49. b6 Nc5 50. Qa8 Ne6 51. Be5 Rc1+ 52. Ke2 Rc4 53. Bd6 Kg7 54. Bxf8+ Nxf8 55. b7 Nd7 56. Qd8 Rxe4+ 57. Kf1 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,102,35,29,21,53,16,19,12,42,44,54,61,130,129,142,120,129,104,148,141,141,139,144,136,144,145,147,144,155,147,160,177,167,159,153,114,125,104,118,31,35,39,34,26,29,29,92,97,127,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-6,-129,83,-216,-77,-189,-167,-182,-156,-219,-51,-54,-45,-68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nge2 a6 6. Ng3 c6 {LiveBook: 44 Games} 7. f4 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} (7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. b4 Nb6 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nxa4 O-O 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 Nxa4 {½-½ (28) Serper,G (2574)-Ehlvest,J (2666) Reno 2006}) 7... e5 8. fxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. f5 Kc7 11. h4 h6 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Be3 Bf8 14. fxg6 fxg6 {1-0 (22) Menadue,J (2179)-Brown,T (2195) Trefforst 2008}) 8... dxe5 9. d5 $1 h5 10. Be2 b5 11. Bg5 {Hoping for dxc6.} ({Don't play} 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Qb3 h4 $11) 11... b4 (11... h4 $14 12. Nf1 h3) 12. Na4 $16 h4 13. Nf1 {[%cal Bg3f1,Bf1d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} h3 14. g3 Qa5 15. Nd2 cxd5 16. cxd5 {Nc4 is the strong threat.} Bd7 17. Nc4 Bxa4 18. Nxa5 Bxd1 19. Bxf6 $1 ({But not} 19. Rxd1 $6 Nxe4 20. Be3 Nd7 $14) 19... Bxf6 20. Bxd1 Bg5 21. Ba4+ Kf8 22. Ke2 Kg7 23. Rhd1 Ra7 24. d6 Rc8 25. d7 (25. Rd5 $16) 25... Rc5 $14 26. d8=Q Bxd8 27. Rxd8 {aiming for Nb3.} Rxa5 28. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3a4][%mdl 32]} Rxa4 (28... Rb7 $11) 29. bxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Nc6 30. Rd3 ({White must play} 30. Rc8 $16 Nd4+ 31. Ke3) 30... Nd4+ 31. Kd1 Rd7 32. Rb1 a5 33. Rb2 Rd6 34. Rf2 f5 35. exf5 (35. Kc1 $11 {remains equal.}) 35... gxf5 $2 {[#]} (35... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4d3] and life is bright.} 36. f6+ Kf7) 36. Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Rc2 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 36... Rc6 (36... e4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4d3] and Black stays clearly on top.} 37. Re3 Nf3+ 38. Rfxf3 exf3 39. Rxf3 Kg6) 37. Kd1 (37. g4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 37... Kg6 $1 $19 38. Re3 Rc5 $1 39. g4 {[#]} (39. Rd3 $17) 39... fxg4 $2 (39... f4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 40. Rxh3 Kg5) 40. Re4 $15 Kg5 41. Rf8 {[#]} Nf3 (41... g3 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 42. hxg3 h2) 42. Rg8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kf5 43. Rexg4 Rc3 44. Rg3 $1 Nxh2 {Strongly threatening ...Kf4.} 45. Rxc3 bxc3 {KR-KN} 46. Rg3 Ng4 {And now ...h2 would win.} 47. Kc2 h2 (47... Nf2 $5 48. Rf3+ $8 Kg4 49. Rxf2 Kg3 $18) 48. Rh3 e4 49. Kxc3 Kf4 50. Kb2 e3 {( -> ...e2)} 51. Kc2 Ke4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,61,17,18,21,23,-21,-5,-14,-24,-23,-17,-16,48,49,47,47,47,47,45,48,34,48,43,40,43,45,35,2,2,4,2,0,3,3,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. a3 O-O 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bd2 {C50: Italienische Partie} (12. c3 Nh5 13. g3 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qg6 15. Nxe6 Nxg3 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. Qg4 Nxf1 18. Kxf1 Qf7 19. Be3 Ne7 {0-1 (39) Karimov,A (2114)-Pimankin,S (2197) Novosibirsk 2008}) 12... h6 13. g3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. b4 Qg6 14. Nh4 Qh5 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. Rfe1 Nd4 17. Rf1 Nxc2 18. Rac1 Nxa3 19. Rxc7 Rf7 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 {0-1 (40) Saram,N-Ratnesan,R (1074) Bournemouth 2016}) 13... d5 14. Qe2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qg6 16. Rae1 Qxe4 ({Lieber} 16... Ra4 $11) 17. Qxe4 $14 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxf3 {[#]} 19. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf4 20. Kg2 {[#]} Rfxa3 $1 21. bxa3 fxg3 22. fxg3 Rxa3 23. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTS} Rc3 24. h4 {Droht stark Te8+.} Rxc2+ {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 25. Kh3 {zielt auf Te8+ ab.} Rc5 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Rf7 Ne5 28. Rfe7 Ng6 29. Rf7 Ne5 30. Rfe7 Ng6 31. Rf7 {Precision: Weiß = 59%, Schwarz = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,99,-9,0,-23,-21,-20,-20,-19,1,-15,-25,-17,0,0,0,-28,-35,-20,-32,-32,-21,-22,-24,-18,-8,-18,-18,-18,-18,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-42,-47,-43,-55,-34,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,8,11,22,8,7,0,32,14,11,0,384,399,404,405,399,407,395,394,402,389,383,381,413,430,387,390]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} e6 7. Bb2 a6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 8. f4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O-O b5 9. f3 h5 10. Nh3 Be7 11. Ng5 {1-0 (31) Carlsen,M (2843)-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Shamkir 2018}) 8... b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Nf3 Nb4 11. a3 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 d5 13. e5 d4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Ne4 Qh4+ 17. Qf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2h4]} Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rd8 {[#] ...Bxe4 is the strong threat.} 19. Rhd1 f6 20. b4 Be7 21. Rac1 Bd5 22. Ke3 O-O 23. Rc7 Rf7 24. Rdc1 h6 25. g3 f5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 26. Nc5 Ra8 27. Bd4 a5 28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. Rb1 Bd6 30. Rc8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Nd7+ Ke8 33. Nb6 $1 Ba2 34. Rc1 Rxa3 35. Bxg7 Ra6 36. Bd4 b4 37. Rc6 Be7 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Nd7 {[#] And now Ne5+ would win.} Bd6 $1 40. Rh8 Ke7 41. Nb6 Ra3 42. Rh7+ Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Ke8 $11) 43. Nc8 $18 Bb8 44. Rb7 Bc4 45. Bc5+ ({Inferior is} 45. Rxb8 Rxd3+ 46. Kf2 Rxd4 $11) 45... Ke8 46. Rxb8 Rxd3+ 47. Kf2 Kd7 48. Rxb4 Bd5 49. Nb6+ Kc6 50. Be3 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 72%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,111,20,28,17,14,4,12,12,10,0,10,8,13,0,2,0,0,0,35,35,67,54,62,52,63,34,47,45,41,45,68,36,37,34,47,27,55,55,58,57,74,52,70,63,70,69,59,53,66,60,68,77,77,85,114,111,132,111,104,136,247,264,289,272,380,260,343,344,325,331,318,325,369,355,408,430,416,433,435,435,435,435,426,399,472,468,435,422,458,445,603,579,604,600]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bc4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} d6 7. a3 h6 8. b4 Nge7 9. d3 O-O 10. Rb1 Kh7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Nd5 b6 13. Re1 {[#]} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (39) Ni,H (2671)-Mamedov,R (2709) Riadh 2017}) 14. a4 Rb8 15. Bb2 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nb4 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Bc3 a5 19. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rbe8 20. Qc1 Bxb3 21. Rxb3 Re6 22. Qb2 Qc6 23. Ra3 f5 24. Nc4 Rfe8 25. g3 R8e7 26. Raa1 f4 27. g4 h5 28. g5 f3 29. Kh1 Rf7 30. Re3 Re8 31. Qb3 Rf4 32. Rg1 Qe6 33. Ree1 $1 Rf7 34. Rg3 h4 35. Rgg1 Rff8 36. Rb1 Re7 37. Ne3 Qd7 38. Rg4 Rf4 39. Rbg1 {[%cal Bb1g1,Bg1g4,Bg4h4][%mdl 32]} Ref7 (39... Qe6 $16 {was called for.}) 40. h3 $18 Rxg4 41. Rxg4 Rf4 42. Kh2 Qf7 43. Qxf7 Rxf7 44. Rxh4+ Kg8 45. Rg4 Rd7 46. Rg1 Nxc2 47. Nxc2 Rxd3 48. Ba1 Rd2 49. Rc1 Rxf2+ 50. Kg3 Rg2+ 51. Kxf3 Rxg5 52. Ne3 {White is clearly winning.} Rh5 53. Rh1 Kf7 54. Kg2 Rh8 55. Rb1 Rd8 {If Black can now play ...Rd2+ this consolidates a bit.} 56. Nd5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,60,14,0,21,-26,-8,-8,-8,-26,-20,-33,9,0,0,2,7,9,10,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,6,10,0,-3,-2,-7,-15,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. Nbd2 b6 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 7. O-O Bb7 8. a4 d5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Qb3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (10. Qb1 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 Nf6 15. Bf3 Qd6 16. Qd3 e6 {1-0 (70) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Amonatov,F (2636) Riadh 2017}) 10... Rc8 11. Rfd1 (11. dxc5 $5 {[%cal Ra4a5]} Na5 12. Qa2 $11) 11... Na5 12. Qa3 c4 13. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Rac1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 {0-1 (45) Sedlak,N (2557)-Konnyu,J (2338) Hungary 2016}) 13... Re8 14. b4 Nc6 (14... cxb3 $5 15. Nxb3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 $15) 15. Qa2 {The position is equal.} h6 16. Bf4 e6 17. h3 a6 18. Ne5 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra1 Ra8 21. Qb2 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Ra1 Qb7 25. Nf3 Ra8 26. Bd1 Ra6 27. Rxa6 Qxa6 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 f6 30. Bg3 Qa8 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,73,11,11,26,19,26,14,12,0,39,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,5,1,17,6,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,12,19,22,23,24,20,18,33,18,32,32,41,23,34,14,19,3,3,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 c6 11. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bc7 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Bf1 Nhf4 14. a4 h6 15. Qc2 {½-½ (44) Bruzon Batista,L (2685)-Granda Zuniga,J (2665) Camarinas 2013}) 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32]} Nhf4 13. Bf1 exd4 14. Bxd4 d5 (14... Ne5 $5) 15. Nb3 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Bf5 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nbd4 Bd7 20. b4 Rad8 21. Qb3 Qc7 22. a4 b6 23. a5 c5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Qc4 Rc8 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Nb5 Qb6 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Qxf4 Bxb5 30. Rxe5 {[#] And now Rb1 would win.} Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Rfe8 32. Rfe1 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 h6 34. Re7 Qg6 35. Kh2 Rd8 36. Qe5 Rd2 37. Qf4 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,107,23,30,42,30,27,10,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-8,-10,18,0,0,-21,24,12,40,49,50,0,0,0,43,31,35,37,29,29,98,58,123,73,76,72,72,72,82,79,72,61,73,69,59,70,95,90,50,53,64,0,82,0,241,215,304,305,276,0,0,0,0,-36,0,0,39,0,0,0,254,238,204,201,431,414,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29989,29990,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. Nd4 Ne7 10. Be2 Nd7 11. f4 O-O 12. Be3 Be4 13. O-O Nb8 14. c3 {½-½ (36) Leko,P (2690)-Nisipeanu,L (2661) Batumi 2018}) 7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne1 {LiveBook: 27 Games} c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Bd3 $146 {White wants to play Bxf5.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe2) 13... Ne7 14. Bg5 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Bb6 16. a4 a6 17. Ra3 h6 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Rb3 Qc7 20. Bb4 Ba7 21. Nf4 Qd7 22. Nh5 Kg8 23. Rg3 Ng6 24. Qd3 Qe8 25. b3 Rh7 (25... Bc5 $11 26. Bxc5 Rxc5) 26. Kh1 b5 (26... Kh8 $14) 27. a5 Kh8 28. Rxg6 fxg6 29. Nf4 Kg8 30. Nxg6 {And now Ne7+ would win.} Bc5 31. Bd2 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qf7 32. f3 h5 33. h4 $1 Rc6 34. g4 $1 Be7 35. Kg2 Bd8 36. c3 ({White should try} 36. Rf2 $14) 36... Qe8 (36... Bxa5 $11 37. g5 Bd8) 37. f4 (37. b4 $1 $16) 37... Rh6 $2 ({Reject} 37... Bxa5 $6 38. f5 $16) (37... hxg4 $11 38. f5 Be7) 38. f5 $18 exf5 (38... Rxg6 $142 39. fxg6 hxg4) 39. Qxd5+ Kh7 40. gxf5 $2 (40. Bxh6 $18 Qxg6 41. Bg5 fxg4 42. Bxd8) 40... Rhxg6+ 41. fxg6+ Rxg6+ 42. Kf3 Bxh4 43. Qe4 Qd7 44. Be3 Bg3 $1 45. Ke2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Rf5. Black is under pressure.} h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Qg4+ $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 46. Kd3 h4) 46. Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h5] White threatens Rh5+ and mate.} Qc6 47. Qd3 $1 {Rh5+ is the strong threat.} Qe8 $2 {[#]} (47... Qg2+ {was necessary.} 48. Kd1 Qc6) 48. Rg5 $1 Qe6 (48... Bh2 $18 49. Rg4 Bxe5) 49. Rh5+ {White mates.} Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kf7 {[#]} 51. Rh8 $1 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rh8f8]} ({Stronger than} 51. Qc7+ Qe7 $11) 51... Qg4+ 52. Kd2 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rd8e8]} Re6 53. Qg8+ Kg6 54. Rh6+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,111,29,4,56,35,39,41,36,32,50,36,39,43,47,46,49,34,38,17,28,9,33,0,22,14,36,24,21,34,35,23,20,31,22,33,29,30,31,30,28,28,18,15,30,25,49,39,31,43,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,52,53,54,66,64,66,66,72,52,89,89,95,89,100,100,154,109,186,178,182,150,154,133,169,73,114,114,114,114,125,114,140,115,957,812,1593,2047,11862,1927,29957,29966,29965,29964,29960,29968]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. Qb3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Qb3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 {½-½ (48) Karjakin,S (2773)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 7... Ra7 $146 ({Black should play} 7... b5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 7... Nbd7 8. e3 Rb8 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Bd3 c6 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O h6 {0-1 (67) Mirzoev,A (2510)-Rakhmanov,A (2629) Linares 2018}) 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. h3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O h6 14. Bf4 Ra8 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Be5 Nfe4 17. Qe2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bf6 19. Bd4 Bd7 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Bb1 Bb5 22. Qd2 (22. Qc2 Nd3 $17) 22... Ne4 23. Bxf6 Nxd2 24. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rexd8 26. Rd2 Kf8 27. Red1 Ke7 28. Kg2 Ba4 29. b3 Bc6 30. Bf5 Bd7 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rc2 34. Ra5 g5 35. Ra4 Rb2 36. Kg3 Kf6 37. f4 Kg6 38. f3 gxf4+ 39. Kxf4 Rh2 40. Kg3 Re2 41. e4 f6 (41... Rb2 $142 42. Rb4 b5) 42. Kf4 Rh2 (42... Rd2 $16 43. Rb4 b5) 43. Rb4 $1 $18 b5 44. Rd4 Rxh3 45. Rd6 {aiming for e5.} Rh5 46. b4 (46. Rxa6 $18 {Strongly threatening a4.} Rh4+ 47. Kg3) 46... a5 47. bxa5 b4 48. a6 {And now Rd5 would win.} Ra5 {[#]} 49. Rb6 $1 ({Reject} 49. e5 $6 Rxe5 50. Rd4 Ra5 $11) 49... Kf7 50. Rxb4 {Rb7+ is the strong threat.} Rxa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Rxa6 $16 51. a4 Ra5) 51. Rb7+ Kg6 52. Ra7 h5 53. Ra8 Ra5 54. a7 {White mates.} Kg7 {[#]} 55. Kg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h4]} Ra1 56. f4 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,54,-4,0,-19,-29,-31,-34,-17,0,-42,0,-16,-4,-6,72,64,79,85,116,0,10,0,104,0,18,0,112]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 a4 14. Rb1 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} c6 15. bxc6 Nxc6 {[#] LiveBook: 6 Games} 16. Bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Bf5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd4 {½-½ (29) Edouard,R (2652)-Bacrot,E (2713) Pau 2012}) 16... bxc6 17. Qc2 Be6 18. Nce4 f5 19. Nc3 h5 20. h4 Be7 21. Bc1 g5 (21... Nd7 $11) 22. hxg5 $16 Bxg5 23. Nf3 Bf6 {[#]} 24. Qd2 (24. e4 $1 $16) 24... Bg7 25. Qc2 (25. Rb4 $11) 25... Bf6 $1 {[#]} 26. Qd2 (26. e4 $1 $16) 26... Bg7 $11 27. Qc2 ({White should try} 27. Rb4 $11) 27... Bf6 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,93,33,16,17,24,30,6,32,30,27,25,70,68,68,67,71,53,67,56,56,55,77,67,74,77,66,75,75,75,95,96,114,116,122,121,138,132,141,139,171,98,99,98,99,99,95,68,66,72,82,68,113,75,64,20,41,20,28,24,50,10,0,10,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 (8... h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Qb3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 {½-½ (48) Karjakin,S (2773)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 9. O-O c6 10. h3 $146 {LiveBook: 10 Games} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. h3 Rfe8 13. Rac1 Rac8 {½-½ (51) Fressinet,L (2649)-Nevednichy,V (2525) Porticcio 2018}) 10... Qc7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Rac8 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. exf4 {[#] aiming for f5.} Nb6 16. b3 Qd6 17. Ne5 c5 18. Bb1 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc5 20. Ne2 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Re1 Bd7 24. g4 Re8 25. f3 h6 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. h4 Rd8 28. a4 a5 29. Rc1 (29. g5 $18 Nh5 30. g6) 29... Rc8 $16 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Ke3 Nfd7 32. Nb5 Nc5 $1 33. Bc2 Ke7 34. f5 Bd7 35. Kd4 Na6 36. Nc3 f6 37. Nd3 ({Not} 37. Nxd5+ Nxd5 38. Nxd7 Kxd7 $17) 37... Kd6 38. Bd1 Be8 39. Nf4 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nc7 40. Be2 Bf7 41. Bb5 Nc8 {The position is equal.} 42. Bd3 Na7 {[#] ...Nc6+ is the strong threat.} 43. Nb5+ $1 Naxb5+ 44. axb5 b6 45. Ne2 Be8 46. Nc3 Bd7 47. h5 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:05:31]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:58]} O-O {[%emt 0:10:11]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:20:33]} 10. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Nbxd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Qb3 {[%emt 0:05:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:02:18]} exd4 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 13. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 16. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:07:04]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:08:14]} 18. Bh6 {[%emt 0:08:43]} Bh8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 19. Nd5 {[%emt 0:05:50]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 20. Ne3 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 21. Ne2 {[%emt 0:14:43]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 22. cxb5 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 23. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 24. Ng4 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:07:44]} 25. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. Rf2 {[%emt 0:02:50]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 27. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Nhf4 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 28. Qc1 {[%emt 0:02:08]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 29. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:03:54]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 30. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 31. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 32. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:12]} Be5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 33. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 34. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 35. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 36. g3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 37. a3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 38. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Reb8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 39. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 40. Rdd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 42. Qf6 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:19:52]} 43. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 44. Qxf7+ {[%emt 0:01:16]} Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 46. Rf6 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 47. Rfxd6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 48. Kg2 {[%emt 0:14:28]} Rhxh3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 49. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rag3+ {[%emt 0:01:01]} 50. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 51. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 52. Ra6 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Rgg3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 53. Rdd6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} 54. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rhg3+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} 55. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 56. e5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 57. e6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 58. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 59. Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 60. Rg2+ {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 61. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ree3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 62. e7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 63. R6xa3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 64. Rh3+ {[%emt 0:01:21]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 65. Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 66. Rhg3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 67. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 68. R1g2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 69. Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 70. R5g3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 71. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 72. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rff1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 73. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 74. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 75. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,107,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,6,-43,-35,-35,-8,-7,-6,-8,-8,-24,6,6,7,4,16,16,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,39,45,52,52,66,62,50,64,8,8,91,92,86,86,95,100,100,102,94,91,137,133,191,99,102,82,70,22,35,30,38,30,41,-12,-8,-9,-16,-14,-16,-32,-18,-13]} 1. e4 {Havasi,G} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1 {[#] LiveBook: 9 Games} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd6 15. Na2 Nd7 16. Qe2 d4 17. Reb1 {1-0 (50) Caruana,F (2801)-Aronian,L (2805) Saint Louis 2014 CBM 162 [Havasi,G]}) 15. Na2 Bd6 16. c3 h6 17. Nc1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 18. Nb3 a4 19. Nc1 {[%cal Bb3c1,Bc1e2,Be2g3,Bg3e4][%mdl 32]} Rf7 20. Ne2 dxe4 21. dxe4 Nxe4 22. Ng3 Nf6 23. Qe2 Rb8 24. Rac1 Nd5 25. Ne4 Qe8 26. Be3 Nce7 27. c4 bxc4 28. Rxc4 Ng6 29. g3 Rf5 30. Nfd2 Rd8 31. Qd1 Nge7 32. Qg4 Kh7 33. Nf3 Qf7 34. Qh3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kg8 35. Nh4 Rf8 36. Rc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rh5 {[#] ...Nf5 is the strong threat.} 37. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Rxh4 38. Qxh4 Qg6 (38... Qf3 $11 {remains equal.} 39. Rc4 Nxe3 40. fxe3 Nd5) 39. Rc4 $16 Nf6 40. Nxf6+ (40. Nxd6 $6 cxd6 41. Qh3 Nf5 $11) 40... Rxf6 {[#]} 41. Rd1 $1 Qe8 42. Qh3 Qb5 43. Qf1 Qb7 44. g5 hxg5 (44... Rg6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 45. Qg2 Qxg2+ 46. Kxg2 e4) 45. Qg2 (45. Bxg5 $18 Rg6 46. Rg4) 45... Qb5 46. Rdc1 ({Reject} 46. Bxg5 $6 Qxc4 47. Bxf6 Nf5 $11) 46... Nf5 47. Qa8+ Rf8 48. Qc6 Qd5 49. Qxd5 ({And not} 49. Bxg5 Nd4 $17) ({Don't play} 49. Qxa4 e4 $15) 49... exd5 50. Rg4 ({White should play} 50. Rc6 $1 $14) 50... Kf7 $11 51. Rxg5 Kf6 52. Rg4 d4 53. Bd2 Ke6 54. f3 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,61,17,24,6,9,6,6,6,6,10,3,0,0,0,9,0,8,8,20,20,20,0,13,8,14,2,3,2,11,12,20,7,15,0,3,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} d5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 15. Bd3 g6 {The position is equal.} 16. Qe2 Ng7 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 {[#]} 19. Nf3 $146 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Qe3 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qg5 (22... Qe7 {is interesting.} 23. h4 Re8 24. g3 f6 25. Nd3 Qf7) 23. Qxg5 Nxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 24. f3 Ne6 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. g3 Re8 27. Nd3 Kf8 28. h4 f6 29. Rh1 h5 30. Re1 Kf7 31. Re2 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,89,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,44,41,35,37,33,35,34,37,47,55,28,34,27,68,70,67,56,70,71,114,74,78,79,85,82,90,103,92,92,106,104,90,90,118,93,151,82,137,87,83,87,87,75,92,83,166,131,866,852,1688,1170,2085,2028,29967,29971,29978,12549]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. d4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Be7 10. Re1 (10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (58) Kovalev,V (2648)-Grandelius,N (2652) Sharjah 2018}) 10... O-O 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3h5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15. d5 Nh5 $146 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nh5 g6 19. Nxf4 Bf6 20. Qd2 Nc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5a4,Ba4b2][%mdl 32]} 21. Rac1 {[#] Strongly threatening b4.} Qb6 22. h3 Bg7 23. b4 Na4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Ne2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nb2 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Ng3 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 a5 29. a3 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Ne2 Bd7 32. Nfd4 axb4 33. axb4 Qa6 34. Kh2 g5 ({Better is} 34... h5) 35. Qd2 (35. g4 $142) 35... h6 ({Black should play} 35... Be5+ 36. g3 h6) 36. f4 gxf4 37. Nxf4 Qa1 38. Nc6 Kh7 39. Qf2 Bxc6 (39... Be5 $16) 40. dxc6 $18 Bd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Qc1 $16) 41. Qd2 Qg1+ 42. Kg3 Be3 43. Qxd6 h5 44. Kh4 Qe1+ 45. Kxh5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,38,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,-10,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. a3 O-O 7. c3 a5 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (7... d6 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Rb1 Re8 10. b4 Nd5 11. Bb2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Rxb7 Na5 15. Rb1 Bg7 {½-½ (76) Kozul,Z (2613)-Mamedov,R (2688) Tallinn 2016}) 8. a4 d5 9. Na3 e5 10. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qb3 h6 11. e4 d4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Bd2 Qe7 {0-1 (24) Vedder,R (2288)-Starostits,I (2441) Port de Pollenca 2018}) 10... h6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Be6 13. Nc4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Qc7 $1 14. Qe2 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Rfe8 15. Bd2 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Bf5 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Nf3 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Bf5 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Nf3 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,77,18,22,22,21,9,15,2,9,8,26,16,38,38,29,35,45,18,40,31,35,35,35,36,41,15,40,48,66,66,72,36,70,65,85,79,93,93,95,96,109,93,114,114,114,114,114,31,31,29,42,42,42,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,99,99]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O {C42: Russische Verteidigung (Petrow)} 8. O-O c5 {LiveBook: 10 Partien} 9. Nc3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9. c4 d5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 {½-½ (44) Andreikin,D (2706)-Li,C (2720) China 2017}) 9... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32] Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 10. d5 Nb4 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bg4 (12... a6 {keeps more tension.} 13. a4 Re8 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. h3 Qc8) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd7 15. a4 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Bg5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rxe8 Nxe8 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLS-KLS} f6 22. Bf4 Kf7 23. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Ke7 24. Ne4 Kd7 25. Kf2 Nc7 26. c4 a5 27. Bd2 b6 28. f4 Ne8 29. Bc3 Ke7 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. g5 ({Lieber} 31. f5 $16) 31... f5 $14 32. Nd2 g6 33. g4 Bg7 34. Nb1 Bxc3 35. Nxc3 Ng7 36. gxf5 Nxf5 37. Ne4 Ke7 38. Ng3 Nxg3 (38... Kf7 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 39. Kxg3 {Precision: Weiß = 60%, Schwarz = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,130,0,0,0,15,9,49,15,50,50,55,59,59,47,48,46,57,62,63,47,76,76,87,81,87,40,43,6,5,4,4,0,4,4,4,4,6,3,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,8,8,8,10,33,33,33,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. g4 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 14. f3 f6 (14... Be6 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Kg2 Be7 17. Ne2 c5 18. b3 hxg4 19. hxg4 c4 20. Nd4 cxb3 21. axb3 a6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (22) Kryvoruchko,Y (2714)-Bacrot,E (2696) Chartres 2017}) 15. exf6 gxf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 16. Bf4 Kf7 17. Rd2 Rg8 $146 {[%cal Rh5g4]} ({Predecessor:} 17... Be6 18. Bxc7 Rag8 19. Bf4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. fxg4 Rxg4+ {0-1 (41) Villanueva,M (2429)-Krysa,L (2496) Villa Martelli 2016}) 18. Rg2 Be6 19. Bxc7 f5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 20. gxh5 Bf6 21. Bf4 b5 22. a3 a5 23. Rxg8 Rxg8+ 24. Kh2 Rd8 25. h6 Bc4 26. Re1 Kg6 27. Nd1 Bd5 $1 28. Rf1 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 {[#] Hoping for Rf1.} Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. c3 Rb1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 31. Rf2 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rg2+ Kh7 34. cxb4 (34. Re2 {with more complications.} c5 35. Rc2 bxc3 36. bxc3 Rb3 37. Bd2) 34... Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Bxb2 {KB-KB} 36. Bd2 Be5+ 37. Kg2 Bd6 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Ke2 Kh7 40. Kd3 Kg6 41. Kd4 Kh7 42. Kc4 Kg6 43. Be3 Kh7 44. Bc5 Bg3 45. Bf8 Be1 46. Kd4 Kg8 47. Bd6 Bd2 48. Ke5 f4 49. Ke4 Kh7 50. Bf8 Kg6 51. Kd3 Be1 52. Ke2 Bc3 53. Kf3 Bd2 54. Kg4 Kh7 55. Bd6 Kg6 56. Kf3 Kh7 57. Ke2 Bc3 58. Kd3 Be1 59. Ke4 (59. Bxf4 {feels hotter.} Bxb4 60. Ke4 Bf8 61. Kf5 Bxh6 62. Bd6) 59... Kxh6 60. Kxf4 Kh5 61. Kf3 Bd2 62. Be7 Bc3 63. Ke4 Bxb4 {The position is equal.} 64. Bxb4 Kh4 65. Kd4 c5+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,125,9,5,5,11,11,13,17,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-1,-8,-7,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-8,-44,0,0,0,0,33,-8,-18,-16,0,0,0,-181,-172,-195,-195,-191,-196,-195,-186,-308,-293,-284,-310,-309,-309,-292,-292,-306,-299,-275,-256,-316,-317,-310,-300,-292,-328,-442,-416,-408,-408,-408,-407,-1564,-1595,-1435,-1304,-1665,-1363,-5337,-5397,-29961,-12818,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (10... Re8 11. Ba2 h6 12. h3 Bf8 13. Be3 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 {0-1 (67) Bacrot,E (2715)-Bu,X (2710) Tbilisi 2017}) 11. Ne2 Nd8 12. Ng3 Ne6 13. c3 c5 14. d4 exd4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 15. cxd4 c4 16. Bc2 d5 17. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne4 $1 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nc5 $146 21. Re2 Nb3 22. Rb1 Rad8 {[%cal Rb3d4]} 23. Be3 h6 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Qf5 Rd7 26. Rbe1 Qe6 27. g4 Bd8 28. Kg2 Bb6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. d5 Bxe3 31. dxe6 {[#]} Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4g4][%mdl 512]} 32. Rxe3 (32. Nxd4 Bxd4) 32... Rxg4+ 33. Kh3 h5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 34. e7 Re8 35. e6 Nd4 36. Ne5 Rf4 37. Rd1 Nxe6 38. Nc6 Rf6 $1 {Hoping for ...Nf4+.} 39. Kh4 $2 (39. Rd8 $11 Kf7 40. Kg3) 39... g5+ $1 $19 40. Kg3 {aiming for Rd6.} Ng7 $1 {[%cal Rg7f5]} 41. Nd4 Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d4] Threatens to win with ...Rxd4!} 42. Re5 Kf7 $1 43. f4 (43. Kf3 $142) 43... Rxe7 44. Nf5 ({But not} 44. Rxg5 Ne6 $19) 44... gxf4+ (44... Rxd1 45. Rxe7+ Kf6 46. fxg5+ Kxf5 47. Rxg7 $17) 45. Kxf4 Ne6+ $1 ({Not} 45... Rxd1 46. Rxe7+ Kf6 47. Rxg7 $17) 46. Rxe6 Rdxe6 47. Nxe7 Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 48. Rd2 Rd6 49. Rg2 Kf6 50. Ke4 {[#]} Rd3 $1 51. a4 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} ({Less strong is} 51... bxa4 52. Rc2 $17) 52. axb5 axb5 53. Rg4 h3 54. Rf4+ Ke6 55. Rh4 (55. Rf2 $142) 55... b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 56. Rh6+ Kd7 57. Rb6 b3 58. Rb4 Rd2 $1 {[%csl LRb2,LRh2]} 59. Rxc4 Rxh2 60. Rc3 Re2+ {Black mates.} 61. Kd4 Rd2+ 62. Ke3 Rxb2 63. Kd3 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,113,9,15,10,8,11,25,13,21,13,13,14,29,34,50,51,54,62,43,27,28,37,35,35,29,31,33,31,46,8,10,16,14,16,17,7,10,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Re8 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. d4 e4 11. Ng5 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Nxe4 Nxd5 13. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 Ba5 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Nc4 {½-½ (32) Gelfand,B (2737)-Wojtaszek,R (2737) Heraklio 2017}) 13... Bxd2 14. Nxd2 {[%cal Be4d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} c6 15. e4 Nc7 16. Re1 Nb5 17. Nc4 d5 18. exd5 $1 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 cxd5 20. Ne3 Nxd4 21. Rd1 Nc6 22. Nxd5 Bg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4d1]} 23. Rd2 Qe8 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. h3 Re1+ {The position is equal.} 26. Kh2 Re2 27. Rxe2 Bxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 28. Nc3 Bd3 29. Bxc6 bxc6 {KB-KN} 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Kf3 Ke7 32. Ke3 Bf1 33. h4 Kd6 34. b4 Ke5 35. f4+ Kf5 36. Ne4 Kg4 37. Kf2 Bc4 38. a3 Bd5 39. Nd6 Be6 40. Ne4 Bd5 41. Nd6 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. fxg5 Kxg5 44. Nc8 a6 45. Nb6 Be6 46. Na4 Bc4 47. Nb2 Bd5 48. Nd3 Kf5 49. Nc5 Bc4 $1 50. Ke3 Kg4 51. Kf2 Kf5 52. a4 Ke5 {And now ...Kd4 would win.} 53. Ke3 Kd5 {[#] ...a5! is the strong threat.} 54. Nd7 {Threatens to win with Nb6+.} Bf1 55. Nb6+ Ke5 $1 56. Kf2 Bd3 57. Ke3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,112,11,4,-75,-88,-75,-54,-84,-88,-67,-74,-126,-103,-120,-99,-107,-106,-92,-51,-51,-52,-58,-53,-40,-41,-32,-52,-83,-93,-87,-87,-81,-67,-69,-59,-68,-53,-53,-53,-52,-49,-54,-40,-79,-79,-82,-82,-82,-80,-82,-82,-82,0,-8,0,-82,-82,-82,329,-82,-82,-82,-82,-83,-83,-90,-93,-79,-79,-81,-161,-83,0,-5,0,-88,-76,-77,-35,-152,-155,-561,-542,-508,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-35,-18,-8,-8,-8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O {[%cal Be8g8,Bg8g7,Bg7g6][%mdl 32]} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Ba7 10. Na3 {C54: Italienische Partie (Hauptvariante)} g5 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Partien} (10... Qe7 11. Bb3 Kh8 12. Re1 g5 13. Bg3 {0-1 (53) Narayanan,S (2511)-Short,N (2698) Bacolod 2017}) 11. Nxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 $17 12. Bxg5 {Schwarz steht besser.} Kg7 $1 13. Qf3 {Weiss will Sc2 spielen.} Rh8 $1 14. Nc2 Kg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g5]} 15. h4 (15. Bc1 $142) 15... Bg4 16. Qg3 $146 Qd7 $1 17. Ne3 Rag8 $1 18. d4 Nxe4 19. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e4]} Bf5 $1 20. Qf3 d5 21. g4 {[#]} Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Nxg4 ({Jedoch nicht} 22. Qxg4 $2 f5 $17) 22... f5 23. Nxe5+ Nxe5 24. dxe5 Nxg5 25. hxg5 Rh5 26. Rfe1 Qe6 $1 {Droht stark ...Tgh8.} 27. Kg2 $1 Rgh8 28. Rh1 $1 Rxg5+ 29. Kf1 Rxh1+ 30. Qxh1 Qxe5 {Und ...Df4 würde nun gewinnen.} 31. Re1 Qf4 $1 {[%csl Ga7,LRa4,LRf2][%cal Rf4f2]} 32. Re6+ Kf7 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rf4f2]} 33. Re2 Kg7 {...Lxf2! ist eine echte Drohung.} 34. Re7+ Kf6 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rf4f2]} 35. Re2 Kg7 (35... Rg8 $1 $17 36. Qxd5 Qc1+ 37. Re1 Rg1+ 38. Kxg1 Qxe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf2+ 40. Kh3 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Qd2+ 44. Kh3 Qe3+) 36. Re7+ $1 $11 Kf6 ({Besser ist} 36... Kf8 $11 37. Re2 Rg8) 37. Re2 $17 Rg8 $1 {zielt auf ...Lxf2! ab.} 38. Qxd5 Qc1+ 39. Re1 Rg1+ $1 40. Kxg1 Qxe1+ 41. Kg2 Qxf2+ 42. Kh3 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 Qg4+ 45. Kh2 Qg1+ (45... Bg1+ $17 46. Kh1 Bb6) 46. Kh3 $11 Qg4+ ({Günstiger ist} 46... Qc5 $11 47. Qd8+ Kf7) 47. Kh2 $17 Bg1+ 48. Kh1 Bc5 {[%cal Rg4h3]} 49. Qd8+ {[#]} (49. Qxc5 $15 Qh3+ 50. Kg1 Qg3+ 51. Kf1 Qxd3+ 52. Kf2) 49... Ke5 $1 {[%cal Rg4h3]} 50. Qxc7+ $2 (50. Qh8+ $17 {war die entscheidende Verteidigung.} Kd5 51. c4+ Ke6 52. Qc8+ Kf6 53. Qh8+ Kf7 54. Qh7+ Ke6 55. Qh6+ Ke5 56. Qh2+ Kf6 57. Qh6+ Kf7 58. Qh7+ Ke8 59. Qh8+ Kf7 60. Qh7+) 50... Bd6 $19 51. Qc4 {[#]} Qh3+ $2 (51... Qg3 $1 $19 {Und weiter mit ...Kf6 wäre nett.} 52. Bxf5 Kxf5 53. Qf7+ Ke5 54. Qh5+ Kf6 55. Qh6+ Ke7) 52. Kg1 $11 Qe3+ 53. Kg2 Bc5 {Droht ...f4 und aus.} 54. Bf1 Qf2+ 55. Kh3 Qf3+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ {Precision: Weiß = 60%, Schwarz = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,158,28,26,19,0,10,19,42,39,47,33,34,36,57,32,13,-7,-12,-19,-9,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,80,96,98,79,106,100,118,77,132,0,122,125,129,127,120,86,51,0,0,0,0,-96,-121,-122,-127,-131,-133,-124,-120,-119,-116,-159,-157,-278,-272,-226,-256,-451,-441,-403,-386,-357,-372,-582,-559,-559,-559,-637,-559,-559,-630,-559,-559,-559,-552,-757,-552,-552,-552,-535,-498,-533,-466,-508,-508,-477,-431,-493,-486,-1322,-1225,-29953,-2814,-2687,-1883,-1865,-552,-573,-552,-967,-552,-552,-314,-477,-310,-310,-310,-539,-339,-486,-470,-380,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Bxe6 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} fxe6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. c3 {LiveBook: 12 Games. White has an edge.} d5 14. Qe2 {[#]} bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bc5 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. c4 d4 17. g3 Qe8 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Nh4 Nd8 20. Rf1 Qe7 {0-1 (57) Zhigalko,S (2641)-Fressinet,L (2662) Riadh 2017}) 15. bxc3 Rb5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bd6 19. Qe2 d4 20. cxd4 Bxh2+ $1 21. Kf1 ({Reject} 21. Kxh2 Qxd4 22. Nf3 Qxa1 $17) 21... Qxd4 22. Ba3 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Bd6 {aiming for ...Bxa3.} 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Qc4 Qa7 25. Nf3 h6 26. Kg1 Qb8 (26... Qb7 {seems wilder.} 27. Bxd6 cxd6 28. Qe6 Qb8 29. d4 Nd5) 27. Bxd6 cxd6 28. Qc6 Qa8 (28... Nd5 $11) 29. Qxd6 $16 Rd5 30. Qb4 Rb5 31. Qc4 Rc8 32. Qf7 {Hoping for Re7.} Rf8 (32... Qd5 $142 33. Qxd5 Nxd5) 33. Qc4 Rc8 34. Qf4 Nd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5f4,Bf4e2][%mdl 32]} 35. Qg3 Rf8 36. Ne5 Nf4 37. Ra4 ({White should play} 37. Re3 $14) 37... Rb1 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb1e1]} 38. Ng6+ (38. Rxb1 Ne2+ 39. Kh2 Nxg3 $11) 38... Kg8 $1 39. Rxb1 ({Of course not} 39. Ne7+ Kh7 $15) (39. Rae4 $11 {remains equal.} Qxe4 40. dxe4 Rxe1+ 41. Kh2 Nxg6 42. f3) 39... Ne2+ $17 40. Kh2 Nxg3 41. Nxf8 Qe8 $1 {[%cal Re8a4]} 42. Rg4 Nf1+ $1 43. Rxf1 {[#]} Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2g4]} 44. f3 Qxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} 45. Ne6 (45. Nd7 $17 {was forced.}) 45... Qxd3 $19 46. Rxg7+ Kh8 {Threatens to win with ...Qd6+.} 47. f4 $2 (47. Rg4 {might work better.}) 47... Qd5 48. Re7 Qxa5 49. Re8+ Kh7 50. g4 (50. Re7+ {is a better defense.} Kg6 51. Nd4) 50... Kg6 51. f5+ Kf6 52. Rf8+ Ke5 53. Rc8 Qd2+ 54. Kg3 a5 55. Re8 Qe1+ 56. Kh3 Qh1+ 57. Kg3 Qg1+ 58. Kf3 Kd6 59. Nf4 Kd7 60. Re3 Qa1 61. Nd3 Kd8 62. Ne5 a4 63. Nc6+ (63. Rd3+ $142 Kc7 64. Nc4) 63... Kc7 64. Nb4 Qf1+ (64... Qd1+ $142 65. Kg3 Qd6+ 66. Kh4 Qxb4 67. Re2 a3 68. Rc2+ Kd6 69. Re2 Qb3 70. Rd2+ Kc5 71. f6 a2 72. Rxa2 Qxa2 73. Kg3 Qe6 74. Kf2 Qxf6+ 75. Ke3 Qe5+ 76. Kf3 Kd4 77. g5 Qxg5 78. Kf2 Ke4 79. Ke1 Qg2 80. Kd1 Kd3 81. Ke1 Qg1#) 65. Kg3 Qc4 66. Nd3 Qc3 (66... a3 $142 67. Nf2 a2) 67. Rf3 {intending f6.} Qf6 68. Nb4 {Strongly threatening Nd5+.} Kd6 69. Kh3 Kc5 70. Nc2 (70. Na2 {was the only defense.}) 70... Kc4 71. Na3+ Kd5 72. Nc2 $2 (72. Nb1 Ke4 73. Nd2+ Kd5 74. Nb1) 72... Ke4 73. Ra3 (73. Kg2 $142) 73... Qc6 74. Ne1 {[#] If only White now had time for f6....} Kf4 $2 (74... h5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 75. Ng2 (75. gxh5 Kxf5) 75... hxg4+ 76. Kxg4 Qc4) 75. Rf3+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kg5 76. f6 {[#]} Qxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 77. Rxf6 Kxf6 78. Nc2 Kg5 79. Kg3 h5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,123,34,33,46,0,0,2,15,0,21,19,22,25,39,13,21,20,12,12,14,0,10,10,13,27,65,89,78,5,-4,-53,-62,-65,34,34,34,27,34,35,35,35,35,34,35,27,28,0,14,0,19,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,95,72,72,72,72,72,108,108,153,153,524,524,524,524,524,520,520,520,665,611,643,587,576,571,571,562,560,558,548,472,427,499,488,471,827,805,805,797,718,472,918,797,29977,29973,29971,1462,29975,29975,29973,29972,29984,29984,29984,29983]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 d5 5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Nc5 {B07: Pirc-Ufimzew-Verteidigung} (6... Nc6 7. Nbd2 Nc5 8. Bb5 Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. h3 Ne4 11. O-O Bf5 12. Be3 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nfd2 a5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 {½-½ (28) Wen,Y (2599)-Sethuraman,S (2657) Hamedan 2018}) 7. Bc2 Bg4 8. O-O {LiveBook: 10 Partien} Be7 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 9. Bf4 Ne6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 Ne6 12. Bh2 c5 13. Nbd2 Nc6 14. g4 {½-½ (59) Bonato,M (2177)-Ferretti,F (2211) Bratto 2015}) 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Bh5 12. Qb1 Bg6 13. Rd1 c6 14. Nf1 Nd7 15. Ne3 Bc5 16. Nf5 a5 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Bb6 19. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} f6 20. a5 Ba7 {Schwarz will ...Sxe5 spielen.} 21. Re1 (21. Bh4 $16) 21... Nxe5 $1 $11 22. Rxe5 (22. Nxe5 {keeps more tension.} fxe5 23. Rxe5 Qf6 24. Ra3 Kh8 25. Qe1) 22... fxe5 23. Bh4 Bxf5 (23... Qb8 $15 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Bxg6 e4 26. Bxe4 (26. Bg3 Qd8 $17) 26... dxe4 27. Qxe4 Qd6) 24. Bxd8 $14 Bxc2 25. Qxc2 {[#] Droht Le7 und aus.} Raxd8 26. a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b7]} Nd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Rf1 bxa6 29. Qxc6 Rf6 30. Qb7 h6 31. g3 Kh8 32. Kg2 e4 33. Rd1 Rxf2+ 34. Kh3 Bf6 $1 35. Rxd5 Re8 (35... e3 $1 $11) 36. Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss bestimmt, wo es lang geht.} Re7 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Re8 {[#] Und weiter mit Txe7 wäre nett.} Rxe8 39. Qxe8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KD-KTL} Re2 40. Qd7 h5 $2 (40... Kg8 $16 41. Qe6+ Kh7) 41. Qd1 $18 Rb2 42. Qxh5+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qxe4+ g6 45. Qf4 Bg7 46. Qc4 Bf8 47. Qh4+ Bh6 48. Qe7+ Bg7 49. Qd6 Ra2 50. Qe6 Ra4 51. Qb3 Ra1 52. Qc4 a5 (52... Ra4 $142 53. Qh4+ Kg8) 53. Qh4+ Bh6 54. b5 a4 55. g4 {Und g5 würde nun gewinnen.} g5 (55... Ra3+ $142 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Ke2 g5) 56. Qg3 a3 57. Qd3+ Kh8 58. Qg6 (58. b6 $142 a2 59. Qb3 Rb1 60. Qxa2 Rb4 61. Qa8+ Kh7 62. b7 Rb3+ 63. Kg2) 58... Bf8 59. Qh5+ {Weiß setzt Matt.} Kg8 60. Qxg5+ Kf7 61. Qd5+ Kg6 62. Qf5+ {Precision: Weiß = 61%, Schwarz = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,102,20,31,29,24,15,29,22,27,31,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be2 h6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (8... Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. a5 Nbd7 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. Re1 Rfc8 14. Ra4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qc6 16. Rd1 Bd8 17. Nf3 b5 18. axb6 Bxb6 {½-½ (31) Swiercz,D (2649)-Mareco,S (2648) Saint Louis 2017}) 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 Be6 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15. Qb3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Nd2 Nf6 {1-0 (68) Bisby,D (2287)-Burrows,M (2196) Guernsey 2008}) 15... Nf6 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Ne4 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rc4 Rxc4 21. dxc4 e4 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Rc1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qxe4 Bxb2 26. Rc2 Bf6 27. cxb5 Rxc2 $1 28. Qxc2 Qxb5 29. Qe4 Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 31. g3 g6 32. h3 Qb2 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Qe3 Kf6 35. h4 gxh4 36. Qf4+ Ke7 {With the idea ...hxg3.} 37. Qxh4+ Qf6 38. Qc4 g5 39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Qb2+ 41. Kg3 {Black must now prevent Qc7+.} Kf6 42. Qe4 Qd2 43. Kg4 Qd1+ 44. Kg3 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Qg8 46. Kh4 $1 Qg1 47. Kh3 Qg6 48. Qxg6+ Kxg6 49. Kg4 Kf6 50. Kg3 $1 Kf5 {[#] Hoping for ...Ke4.} 51. Kf3 Kg6 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 85%.} (51... f6 $5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,75,25,36,29,21,32,40,29,68,67,66,64,72,68,58,58,68,57,73,63,75,17,14,22,18,8,8,0,20,6,47,6,5,6,39,43,460,459,532,508,482,493,538,531]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7c6,Bc6e4][%mdl 32]} 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 b4 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} 14. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} e5 15. Ng3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 16. Bc4 h4 17. Nf1 Bxe4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 18. Qe2 Bxf5 19. Ne3 Be6 $1 20. Qf3 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Ra7 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qxf6 {1-0 (44) Grischuk,A (2777)-Eliseev,U (2549) Moscow 2014}) 21. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Qxf6 Rh6 {[#]} 23. Qg5 $1 Qc7 24. Rhf1 Qg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7g5]} 25. Qxg7 Bxg7 26. Rxd6 a5 27. Ra6 (27. Ng4 $16 Rg6 28. h3) 27... Rf6 $1 $11 28. Rxf6 Bxf6 29. Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame With the idea Ng4. KRB-KRN} e4 {Black wants to play ...Bd4.} 30. Ng4 Kf7 (30... Bd4 {keeps more tension.} 31. Kc1 Rd8 32. Ra6 Kf7 33. Rc6 e3) 31. a4 {[#] Black must now prevent Rb5.} Bd4 32. Kc1 {Black should prevent Rb5.} e3 $1 {[%cal Re3e2] Strongly threatening ...e2.} 33. Kd1 {next Rb5 is good for White.} e2+ 34. Kxe2 {And now b3 would win.} Rxc2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Bxb2 $14 35. Kd3 Rc3+ 36. Kd2 Ra3) 35. Kd3 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rxg2 36. Rg5 ({Stronger than} 36. Kxd4 Rxg4+ 37. Kc5 Rg2 $11) 36... Rxb2 37. Kxd4 Ra2 38. a5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Winter Chess Classic-A 2018"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,84,-6,-12,-12,0,-7,6,-29,-26,-68,-70,-77,-70,-77,-60,-63,-54,-64,-65,-69,-44,-56,-65,-58,-62,-72,-60,-94,-115,-110,-107,-109,-118,-112,-103,-107,-118,-240,-225,-285,-284,-284,-284,-285,-160,-277,-284,-286,-266,-314,-170,-360,-354,-343,-256,-310,-252,-235,-231,-309,-288,-533,0,-531,-519]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. a4 b4 10. exd5 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} Nxd5 11. Nc4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 21 Games} 12. Bd2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12. h4 h6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. a5 Rad8 15. c3 Bf6 16. Qc2 Ba6 {½-½ (26) Malakhov,V (2694)-Matlakov,M (2689) Berlin 2015}) 12... Rc8 13. h4 h6 14. Kh2 Bf6 15. Re2 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rb1 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Qh1 Nf5 20. Be3 Bd4 21. Nd2 Bd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qf3 Qf6 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Re7 Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8e7]} 27. Re3 Nxc2 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Rc1 {[#]} (29. Nf3 $17 {was called for.}) 29... Ne1 $1 $19 {[%cal Re1d3]} 30. Rxc5 Re2 31. Nf1 Rxf2+ 32. Kg1 {Black must now prevent Rc8+.} Rg2+ ({Weaker is} 32... Nxd3 33. Rxd5 Rf3 34. Rb5 $17) 33. Kh1 Rb2 34. Rxd5 Rxb3 35. Rb5 Rb2 (35... Nxd3 $142 {Threatens to win with ...Rb2.} 36. Kg2 Ne5) 36. d4 $2 {[#]} (36. Rb8+ {was the only chance.} Kg7 37. d4) 36... Kf8 $1 37. a5 Nf3 38. d5 Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. Rxa7 Rf2 ({Not} 40... Kxd5 41. Rxf7 Kc5 42. Rxf6 $17) 41. a6 $2 (41. Ra6+ {was necessary.} Kxd5 42. Ne3+ Kc5 43. Ng4) 41... Rxf1+ 42. Kg2 Nd2 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

